Box or canister



(No Model.)

s. E. CORNELL.

BOX 03 OANISTE No. 408,954. Pat Mu 13, 1889.

A TTOHNE Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN E. CORNELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOX OR CANISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,954, dated August13, 1889.

Application filed May 8, 1889. Serial No. 310,063. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN E. CORNELL, a'citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes or Canisters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes or canisters for packing articles of foodsuch as crackers or biscuits and especially that class of such boxeshaving the face provided with a glass plate for showing the contents.

My invention consists in a certain novel attachment of the glassface-plate, as hereinafter fully described, wherebyI obtain a simple andeffective joint and one insuring safety against breakage of the glassplate, while it permits easy introduction or removal of said plate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofabox or canister embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a Verticalsection thereof. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section thereof.

Similar letters indicate similar parts.

The letter A indicates the body of the box or canister, having the usuallid B, hinged to the edge of an opening C in its top, the box, with itslid, being generally of sheet metal. 0n the open face of said box A issecured a frame I), also of sheet metahpreferably brass, which is solidor in one piece, and the inner edges 6 of which are inclined in adirection inwardly to the box, as clearly shown, each of said edges,moreover, coincidirlg with the other, and at a point next to said frameinside of the box is the usual glass face-plate E, which bears againstsaid inclined edges of the face-frame, and is held in position by meansof back-stops G I, each of which in turn bears against said glass plateon the inside of the box, one at the top and the other metal and issecured to the box at the proper 5c point. Each of said inclined inneredges 6 of the solid face-frame is left entirely free or detached, withthe effect of preserving its inherent elasticity, and by theconstruction of the back-stops G I each also is rendered elastic; hencethe glass plate F is confined between two yielding contact-surfaces,tending not only to produce a tight joint, but also to obviate abreakage of the glass from that source, while by the hinged condition ofthe stop G it may be readily adjusted to permit introduction or removalof the plate, as for cleaning purposes.

If desirable, the frame D may be nickelplated or ornamented in any otherWay.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A show box or canister having on its face a solid sheet-metal frame withinwardly-inclined inner edges, each left free to preserve itselasticity, combined witha glass face-plate bearing against saidinclined edges of the face-frame, and with elastic back-stops on theinside of the top and bottom of the box bearing against said glass plateto fasten the same, each of said stops extending the width of the box,and one being hinged to swing toward and from the glass plate,substantially as and for the purpose described.

STEPHEN E. CORNELL.

lVitnesses:

FRANCIS C. BOWEN, WM. M. MORGAN.

